IGNOU MBA Subject | IGNOU MBA Syllabus |
Management Functions and Organisational Processes | - Management: An Overview
- Management and its Evolution
- Roles of Managers
- Planning
- Organizing
- Staffing and Directing
- Controlling
- Leading and Motivating
- Decision Making
- Organization Structure & Design
- Organisation Communication Processes
- Organization Cultures
- Managing Change
- Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
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Human Resource Management | - Concept and Evolution of HRM
- Functions of HRM
- Environment and HRM
- Human Resource Planning
- Job Analysis, Design, and Evaluation
- Recruitment and Selection
- Socialization and Mobility
- Performance Management
- Career Development
- Training and Development
- Compensation and Rewards Management
- Employer-Employee Relations
- Employee Engagement Processes
- Grievance Handling and Discipline Procedures
- Unions and Associations
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Business Environment | - Introduction to Business and Environment
- Economic Growth and Development
- Socio-cultural and politico Legal Environment
- Business Ethics and CSR
- Indian Financial System
- Industrial Policy Framework
- Agribusiness Environment
- Structural Reforms
- New Economic Policy
- Financial Sector and Fiscal Sector Reforms
- International Financial System
- BOP
- Foreign Trade
- Sources of Global Financing
- Technological Environment
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Accounting for Managers | - Introduction to Accounting
- Preparation of Books of Accounts
- Financial Statements
- Preparation of Final Accounts of Companies
- Cash Flow Statement
- Understanding and Classifying Costs
- Absorption and Marginal Costing
- Activity-based costing
- Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
- Budgeting and Budgetary Control
- Variance Analysis
- Understanding Annual Reports
- Comparative, Common Size, and Trend Statements
- Ratio Analysis
- Human Resource Accounting
- Forensic Accounting
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Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications | - Quantitative Decision-Making - An Overview
- Collection of Data
- Presentation of Data
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Variation and Skewness
- Basic Concepts of Probability
- Discrete Probability Distributions
- Continuous Probability Distributions
- Decision Theory
- Sampling Methods
- Sampling Distributions
- Testing of Hypotheses
- Chi-Square Tests
- Forecasting Methods
- Business Forecasting
- Correlation & Regression
- Time Series Analysis
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Marketing Management | - Marketing: An Overview
- Marketing Environment Analysis
- Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
- Consumer Behaviour
- Product Decisions
- Branding Act packaging Decisions
- Product Life Cycle (PLC) and New Product Development (NPD)
- Pricing Decisions
- Integrated Marketing Communication
- Advertising and Sales Promotion
- Personal Selling and Managing Sales Personnel
- Marketing of Services
- Digital Marketing
- Other Emerging Issues in Marketing
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Business Communication | - Basic of Communication
- Process of Communication
- Types of Communication
- Forms of Communication at Workplace
- Listening and Reading Skills
- Interpersonal Communication
- Communication in Meetings
- Presentation Skills
- Basics of Written Business Communication
- Short Business Correspondences
- Long Business Correspondence
- Communication for Employment
- Technology and Communication
- Cross Cultural Communication
- Ethics in Communication
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Information Systems for Managers | - Information Technology: An Overview
- Computers and Smart Devices
- Computer Software
- Networking Technologies
- MIS and Control Systems
- Information Systems Economics and Security
- Transaction Processing Systems, DSS, and EIS
- Integrated Applications
- Building Information Systems
- System Analysis and Design
- Computer Programming and Languages
- Database Resource Management
- Data Warehousing and Data Mining
- Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
- Emerging Trends in IT
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Management of Machines and Materials | - Operations Management: An Overview
- Product Selection and Process Selection
- Facilities Planning
- Facilities Layout and Material Handling
- Planning and Control for Mass Production
- Planning and Control for Batch Production
- Planning and Control for Job Shop Production
- Planning and Control of Projects
- Capacity Planning
- Work Design and Job Design
- Value Engineering and Quality Assurance
- Purchase System & Procedure and Inventory Management
- Standardization, Codification and Variety Reduction
- Waste Management
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Managerial Economics | - Scope of Managerial Economics
- Stakeholders, Objectives, and Decisions Issues
- Basic Concepts and Techniques
- Demand Concepts and Analysis
- Demand Elasticity
- Demand Estimation and Forecasting
- Production Function
- Short Run Cost Analysis
- Long Run Cost Analysis
- Market Structure and Barriers to Entry
- Pricing Under Competition and Pure Monopoly
- Pricing Under Monopolistic and Oligopolistic Competition
- Pricing Strategies
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Social Processes and Behavioural Issues | - Concept of Organisational Behaviour
- Approaches to Organisational Behaviour
- Evolution of Organisational Behaviour
- Personality, Values, and Attitudes
- Learning and Behavioural Modification
- Perception and Attribution
- Motivation
- Group Dynamics and Team Building
- Conflict and Negotiation StrategiesUnit-10: Job Stress
- Employee Empowerment
- Organisational Citizenship Behaviour
- Organisational Inclusiveness
- Diversity Management
- Positive Approaches to Work Behaviour
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Strategic Management | - Concept of Strategy
- Strategic Framework
- Strategy in Global Context
- External Environmental Analysis
- Competitive Analysis
- Internal Environmental Analysis
- Business Level Strategy
- Competitive Strategy
- Corporate Level Strategy
- Implementation – Behavioural Dimensions
- Corporate GovernanceControl
- Evaluation
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Business Laws | - Introduction to Business Law
- Principles and Concepts
- Companies Act
- Partnership Act
- General Principles of Contracts
- International Contracts of Sale
- Banking and Other Allied Regulations
- Foreign Exchange Management and related regulations
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Sustainability and Business
- Environment Protection and Sustainability
- Competition Law
- Consumer Protection
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Financial Management | - Financial Management: An Introduction
- Time Value of Money
- Risk & Return
- Valuation of Securities
- Cost of Capital
- Capital Budgeting
- Working Capital
- Financial Markets
- Sources of Finance
- Capital Structure
- Leverage Analysis
- Theories of Dividends
- Dividend Policies
- Emerging Issues of Finance
- Behavioural Finance
- Financial Restructuring
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Research Methodology for Management Decisions | - Research Methodology: An Overview
- Steps for the Research Process
- Research Designs
- Methods and Techniques of Data Collection
- Attitude Measurement and Scales
- Questionnaire Designing
- Sampling and Sampling Designs
- Data Processing
- Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Data: Nonparametric Tests
- Multivariate Analysis of Data
- Ethics in Research
- Substance of Reports
- Formats of Reports
- Presentation of a Report
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International Business Management | - Dynamics of International Business
- Globalization and evolving paradigm
- International Business Environment: An Overview
- Trade theories
- WTO Agreement
- Regional Trade Blocks
- International Entry Strategies
- Organizational Structures
- Strategic Alliances
- International Marketing
- International Finance
- International operations and logistics management
- International HRM
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Organizational Theory and Design | - Approaches to Understanding Organisations
- Theoretical Frameworks
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Fundamentals of Organisational Structure
- Factors Affecting Organisational Structures
- Typology of Organisational Designs
- Contemporary Organisational Designs
- Approaches to Job Design
- Emerging Trends at Work
- Role of Organisational Culture in Design
- Organisational Conflict
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Human Resource Development | - Human Resource Development: An Overview
- HRD Systems
- HRD: Processes and Methods
- HRD for Employees
- Role of HR Managers
- Competency Mapping
- Analysis of performance and career planning
- HRD Culture and Climate
- Counseling, Coaching, and Mentoring
- HRD in Industrial Relations
- Experiences and Trends in HRD
- Emerging Trends and Perspectives
- HRD Experiences
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Industrial and Employment Relations | - Concept and Approaches
- Evolution
- Constitution, ILO, and Legal Framework
- Labour Administration in India
- Global trends
- Development and Functions of Trade Unions
- Trade Union Structure, Leadership and Recognition
- Managerial Unionism
- Employment Relations in Non-Union Firms
- Collective bargaining
- Bargaining structure, process, and agreements
- Negotiation
- Grievance Handling
- Discipline in Organisations
- Industrial Conflict
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Compensation and Reward Management | - Compensation and rewards management
- Frameworks of compensation policy and reward system
- Economic and behavioral issues
- International trends
- Legal framework
- Job evaluations and Internal Equity
- Compensation Management
- Pay structure
- External equity and pay surveys
- Institutional mechanisms for compensation
- Rewards Management
- Reward systems
- Incentive schemes
- Allowances, Perquisites, and Benefits
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Advanced Strategic Management | - Corporate Management: An Overview
- Corporate Policy
- Intensive Growth Strategies
- Integration and Diversification Growth Strategies
- Strategic Alliances
- International Strategy
- Internationalization Process
- Evaluation of Market Risk Assessment
- Entry into the International Markets
- IT and Strategy
- Technology and R&D
- Knowledge Management
- Innovation
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Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial skills |
Business Ethics and CSR | - Business Ethics: An Overview
- Concepts and Theories of Business Ethics
- Ethical Dilemmas
- Ethics in Business
- CSR: An Overview
- Business Strategy in CSR
- CSR in Global Context
- Business Ethics and CSR: Linkages
- CSR in the Indian Context
- CSR Legislation and Policy Guidelines
- CSR in PSUs
- CSR Reporting Process & Auditing
- Roles and Responsibilities of the CSR Department
- CSR and Sustainable Development
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